Cortinarius atroviolaceus

Cortinarius atroviolaceus is a fungus native to Borneo, where it was originally collected by E.J.H. Corner on the slopes of Mount Kinabalu in 1964 and described by Meinhard Michael Moser in 1986.[1] Specimens from New Zealand classified as this species are probably a different species. It is poorly known.[2]

Cortinarius atroviolaceus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Basidiomycota
Class:
Agaricomycetes
Order:
Agaricales
Family:
Cortinariaceae
Genus:
Cortinarius
Species:
C. atroviolaceus
Binomial name
Cortinarius atroviolaceus

The mushroom is wholly dark purple with slightly paler flesh, and resembles Cortinarius violaceus though is smaller.[1]

See also

References
  1. Moser M (1986). "Cortinarius Fr. subgen. Cortinarius in the SW-Pacific area" (PDF). Sydowia. 39: 138–47.
  2. Harrower E; Bougher NL; Winterbottom C; et al. (2015). "New species in Cortinarius section Cortinarius (Agaricales) from the Americas and Australasia". MycoKeys. 11: 1–21. doi:10.3897/mycokeys.11.5409.


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